UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

HIV- 1 lentivirus tethering to the genome is associated with transcription factor binding sites found in genes that favour virus survival

Suleman, Saqlain; Payne, Annette; Bowden, Johnathan; Haque, Sharmin Al; Zahn, Marco; Fawaz, Serena; Khalifa, Mohammad S; ... Themis, Michael; + view all (2022) HIV- 1 lentivirus tethering to the genome is associated with transcription factor binding sites found in genes that favour virus survival. Gene Therapy , 29 pp. 720-729. 10.1038/s41434-022-00335-4. Green open access

[thumbnail of s41434-022-00335-4.pdf]
Preview
Text
s41434-022-00335-4.pdf - Published Version

Download (3MB) | Preview

Abstract

Lentiviral vectors (LV) are attractive for permanent and effective gene therapy. However, integration into the host genome can cause insertional mutagenesis highlighting the importance of understanding of LV integration. Insertion site (IS) tethering is believed to involve cellular proteins such as PSIP1/LEDGF/p75, which binds to the virus pre-integration complexes (PICs) helping to target the virus genome. Transcription factors (TF) that bind both the vector LTR and host genome are also suspected influential to this. To determine the role of TF in the tethering process, we mapped predicted transcription factor binding sites (pTFBS) near to IS chosen by HIV-1 LV using a narrow 20 bp window in infected human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and their hepatocyte-like cell (HLC) derivatives. We then aligned the pTFBS with these sequences found in the LTRs of native and self-inactivated LTRs. We found significant enrichment of these sequences for pTFBS essential to HIV-1 life cycle and virus survival. These same sites also appear in HIV-1 patient IS and in mice infected with HIV-1 based LV. This in silco data analysis suggests pTFBS present in the virus LTR and IS sites selected by HIV-1 LV are important to virus survival and propagation.

Type: Article
Title: HIV- 1 lentivirus tethering to the genome is associated with transcription factor binding sites found in genes that favour virus survival
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41434-022-00335-4
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-022-00335-4
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 Springer Nature Limited. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Cancer, Genetics, Stem-cell differentiation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Maternal and Fetal Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148150
Downloads since deposit
19Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item